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BKYHUNE NEWS N0TK8. f 1 ? ? ? 1 1 ^ Htyptthi^a of Interest A? ToM By * Our Correspondent . Bethtmo, S. 0., Jan. 31? Mm, Rva Morgan wan hontoan to .Circle No. 1 Wednesday afternoon. After Study hour roficiiliiiictitH coic<: st ing <>f fruit jollo and whipped cream, pound c?V? und Japanese fruit cake wan nerved. Circle No. I was entertained by Mth. W. A. McDowell. Home Mis sions was the topic of the meetings At the conclusion a sweet course was served. Mr. Paul Hester spent several days at his former homo fc Pickens last week. Mrs.. C. C. Padgett haft returned from a visit to her sister in Chora w. Miss Mary Arthur spent last Fri day in Camden. Mrs. M#jry Bethune and little granddaughter returned from UurU. villo Wednesday after several days stay in Hartsville with relatives. Mr. O. K. Boll spent Saturday ;<t his home in Lancaster. MIsh Julia McChenney, a teacher in the graded school, was called to her home at Waterloo last Friday on account of the death of her grand mother. Mrs. Margaret Marion sub stituted in her absence. Mrs. J. M, Forbis spent last Sat urday with her sister, Mrs. Bright Williamson. John Slovens Davidson, of Camden, was the week-end guest of his uncle, Mr. W. M. Stevens. Mr. ,8. H. McCaskill who is work ing; in. Florence spent the weekend with his family here. Miss Alma Pitts was the guest of her uncle, Mr. William Seegars, last week. ?Mr?. William Newman spent last week in Columbia, with relatives. Me. find Mtm. T. N. Ctyburn are light sii'k with influenza. Mrs. Mamie (Jregory, of T'horaw, spent last week' with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I,, f,. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Yarhorough and Joe Fstridge, of Sumter, were the week-end guests of relatives here. Misses Mamie f.nu McDonald and Kathleen Clyburn spent the week-end in Kershaw. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McLanrin re turned last Saturday from a three week's tour through Florida. The trip having been made in their car. Dr. L. (). Johnson, received a tele gram Monday stating that his broth er, I.amar Johnson, of Kingstreo, was critically ill. Dr. Johnson left for Kingstreo the following day. ma<;azink aciknts arrkstkd Churned With (Jetting Money I'nder False Pretense. At the instance of Mrs, L. I*. For rest, Judge Duffie last Friday issued a warrant for J. V. Ro??er, J. ('. Jones, Francis Teddler, Tholnm Cop. l>er and I). W. Rijuset, a team of mag azine agents who secured a number of subscriptions to popular magazines here earlier in the day. It is now learned that Miss Copber was not in Saluda with the team, although it is said that she is a regular member of the crew, Deputy Blease arrested Kosser, Jones and Bisset at la*esville Saturday, where they were canvass ing, ajid released each of them under $50.00 cash bontl. The defendants were scheduled to appear in Judge Duffie's court yesterday morning to answer a charge of obtaining money under false pretense hut failed to show up. A receipt ni\x!n by R os.se r bore the name of ''Publishers Promotion Co., St. Louis, Mo." The American was one of the. magazines sold by the agents, although they carried no sample copies of any description, we are told. A Saluda woman after hear ing reports that cast doubt on the reliability of the agents wired the publishers of the American Magazine lo which she had subscribed and ad vanced -SI asking if they were bona fide rcprc ;? ciitative* and ^received a reply stating that they were no lon ger accredited agents of the company. lasted on the receipts given by the agents are two >ioie or more of the popular magazines. Thev collected only a portion of tlie subscription price of eat h publication. The rest, the leceipt advised, wa- t<< be ,-ent direct to the publisher;, upon re ceipt r? f which the magazine would be started to the subset iber. \umerou* Saludans parted with the initial pa> metit, we understand, ind i< at w.^r that the crew ope in ted with <un cv. 1 . ? V I v. ? Saluda Stand a t <1 McLeod f.r.oits I irst ( lenient \ Columbia. Jan J 1 liuoMii.i w I. cod toda\ sti.-.iu-taled the f* : \ ? . sentence <>t I'.m-lev O^baiti. a white man now se!\:r>;: on the thain KHng "f <"he -tef field i ounty t<< Is month-* The cover ?:<>i ;>Mied a la role to Ogbiirri i H ?? ?? oui.ndc: of t ho fr. e \ eat sei,tefu e. A Mll'.d ne^'i <> \>as caught .va'. Ul - day iiftci noon in <?r?-*?nvilir with -even < 'I h< r ihki**-*. by polar oft'i i ers in a houw on (ilovrr stre? ' , en joying a quiet game of "Craps'." The blind r.< gro beside being one of the main participants ir the <hame af fair v. a - a 1 >o bar. k.t.g the game and letting a 3 high ar.y of the res*. Dr. Henry Turmr Kendall wa? ' onvicte/1 in the federal court in Co 1 u mbia Monday of Violating the fed < ral narcotic act and wa?< pentenced to a fine of $5(X> and imprisonment i n -FU?r*?nc<? jad my morrth*. WARNING TO MOTORI8T8. Thnrnday Waa Last Day to r?r W12 License Tag. ..... - m Columbia, ,S. Jan. 2i>. With but two day* remaining before t ht* law requires motor vehicles to show licenses, li. II. Thomas, secretar ;v_ of the state hi^hwiiy commission to night sounded a warning to motoriata that the state authorities would not recommend leniency for any who vio late the la win this respect. "Last year, owim. to the license plates being late in lyachinfr us," Mr. Thomas said, "we, of our own ini tiative, addressed a letter to all peace officers, requesting them not to ar rest any motorists for failure to dis play new liceness during the first werk of February, in other words, we usyd our influences to grant in effect iin extension of time for the securing of licenae plates. T^ls year we have had n supply of the platen available for some time, and have had an office force sufficient to meet all demands, and in consequence we do not feel that it is incumbent upon ua to try to save those who have delayed." Throughout today, there had been 41,1*0 lcenses issued for this year, or just about half of the total issued Vast year, which was 88,100. This figure is for automobilca only. The number of trucks registered was 3,760. Total receipts for licenses for 102o amounted to $400,000 through today, Air. Thomas said. Notice of Election of School Bonds. Statcof South Carolina, County of Kershaw. WHKRFAS, a petition or request signed by at leant one-third of the qualified electors and a like propor tion of the resident free-holders of the a ge of twenty-one (21) years of age of Charlotte Thompson School District Number 2, in the aforenien ioncd County and State, known as the. Charlotte Thompson District, has been presented to lis and filed in the office of the County Superintendent of Education of Kershaw County, at Camden, S. C., asking that an elec tion be held upon the question of is suing bonds of said School District to the lit mount of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of erecting buildings and for equip ment for maintaining public schools in said District, and whereas, the un dersigned Trustees have caused a sur vey of the said School District No. 2, in the aforementioned County and State known as Charlotte Thompson School District to be made by Alfred Boykin, Surveyor, and a plat thereof made and filed in the office of Clerk of Court for Kershaw County. \ Now notice is hereby given that an election will be held on the 19th day of February, 1923, upon tne question of issuing bonds of the said District to the amount of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars, bearing not over six (G) per cent interest, said bonds to run not more than twenty (20) years. The voting place at this election shall be at B. C. Truesdale's Store on the 19th day of February, 1923, 'in said District, and in this election on ly qualified voters residing in said School District shall be allowed to vote, those favoring the said bond issue shall vote a ballot upon which is printed the words "For Bonds"; those opposing the said bond issue shall vote a ballot upon which is printed the words Against Bonds." The polls at this election shall be open at seven (7) o'clock in the forenoon, and shall close at four ('J) in the afternoon. The following persons have been appointed managers of the said elec tion and shall make their returns to the Board of Trustees of said School District as required by law. F. WKST, B. D. BOY KIN. H. D. BOY KIN. .Managers of Klettion W. A. HOYKIN. K. M. WORKMAN. I \\ Mcl.eod, Trustees NOTICE OF ELECTION/ State of South Carolina. ? ounty of Kershaw, School Distil' ' \<> 2. K ei shaw ( ount s \ petitH>n signed l>\ one thud or more of the qualified resident elec tors and a like proportion of the res ident t'i ee- holdei - of said School l>ixtr<' of th? age of twenty-one l-l > .seal's, has ing been filed ssith the '"?unity Boaid of Edtn ati??n asking for ; .!??< tion m School District No. 2, * J :? at'oi eineutioned ( 'dunt y and ? a ? e, ' . '?'??mine ss he t her a tax of ? i ? ) n > f i ! - additional -ha'! he . <1 ? ?! ?? tiool purpose ! h< said petition basing been gianted. a';d the election ol'dei ed, all election sv:l! Ix- held at B. C. Trues dale's Stole on Monday, February 19th, r.'2.i. to detel mine sshether the -aid addit:ora' !a\ >?( 7 mills .shall be !? S ied. The p<>i I vsjll open at seven (7) o'i l?x k hi the forenoon, and ? lost* at font ( il in the afternoon Those qualified elector-, ss ho re turn ieal pi personal property for taxation, svho reside in the said Dis trict, and present then tax receipts and registration certificates, will be allowed to vote at said election. The election ssdl be conducted un der the rules of the General Flection. ?Ai'h t he Trustee* as Manager-'. F M WORKMAN. Chairman W. A BOY KIN. <"lerk .1 N Md.ROD, j Boa id of Trustees, Charlotte] Thompson Schon! District W. 2 >>f Kershaw County. January .'!lst, I92."?. J Wild D?ck? in Activity. York, 8. Jan. 88.-? Seemingly oblivious of the call of th.? wild and giving every indication of content mcnt with their present surround ings, eight > domesticated Mallard ducks art1 (in display in the show windows of the York Hardware com pany hare, v? The window has been ! especially prepared 'for the new] lodgers, with a pool of water and other equipment to quench any yearn ' ing they may have for the barnyard whore they were raised. Splendid specimens, with the characteristic markings of their kirid,; the ducks have attracted much attention from pasaersby. They are the property of K. K. Carson and are the progeny of,, a wounded Mallard that was captured near the Catawba river. The duck wan tamed and raised her brood in captivity. They appear satisfied nntj^ contented with domesticated life but their owner is fearful that%ome day they'* will hear the call from the air of their wild fellows as the latter wing their way through the ether and that the tame ducks' will spread their wings and fare forth to the reedy lake and the river's marge. Lad Died From Fright. Tuscaloosa, Ala., .Ian 28. ? Glenn Kersh, aged 10, son of M. G. Kersh, city clork of Tuscaloosa, died today from physchic effects of excitement following an initiation at Sigma Nu fraternity house upon the campus of the University of Alabama lie re, ac cording to a verdict of a coroner's jury today. The young man; with 10 others was j initiated into the fraternity, and a few minutes after the ceremonies ended, he suddenly died,, according to the authorities. The Great Falls cotton mill*, in Chester county, will let oonlraul Feb ruary 1st for $500,000 \vortn of ad ditional buildings. first Picture of French Forces in Enep ??? ? _ Alt wm extctljr I.4C P. M. when the French cavalry rode into Ktoeu, if the clock of trie railroad ttttioh At the left was correct. This exclusive picture It the first taken of the actual occupation of the German to m oenter by the French forces. Stmts were crowded by Germans out to sec the entrance the InvaOm. | , Negro Kills Negro. I Adam Williams, a negro lad aged ; 12 years, >va;? shot and instantly killed at his homo four miles north of Cauid&n - Monday, afternoon by Willi? C'aiter, another negro lad of 10 years. The boys were fooling with a gun and the load of shot tore ft" great hale in the buy's bauk. A coroner's jury hold the boy in the sum of $500 bond (or his appearance before the grand jury. .lor Anderson and Jack Hull, An derson youths,* were, playing with a 22 calibre rifle Saturday, when the former was shot in thr k'g accidental ly by the latter. ' Hermitage Jlill News. Mr. W. E .Hammond spent Satur day and Sunday in Columba. Mr. and Mrs. .T. IX Player and family of Columbia spent Sunday with Mr. ant^ Mrs. C. B. Hue Ka Dee. Up to the present time the people of the Hermitage Vfllage have sub scribed $.r)(V00 for the elevator at the Camden Hospital. Mr. H. H. Young1 who is in thr hdaty pital with pneumonia h; reported bet tor. ?' ' ?' ?>' ? ? ' ? " Mr. Walker Rhodes is visiting hisi f;*rnily in Columbia. Mrs. - Daisy Lynch has returned from a visit to her mother*. Mr. and Mrs. Will Pate are visiting relatives in Rot k Hill. Mr. O. L. Wright is '"visiting his i family in Darlington.. ? ^ Messrs Angus Dee, Alvah Hardin, (r rtry Simpson and Walter Padgette of Chester were visitors in ? the Vil lage Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Mack Crolley ? of Lancaster spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. A. I). Crolley. Messrs. S. L. Crolley, Gary Crolley anil Frank Sullivan spent Sunday in Darlington. 1 Quite a number of the young peo rh> of ihii Village .-withered at the head of the pond and enjoyed a de lightful fish fry Saturday afternoon. Miss Blanche Peterson and Mr. John Wright were married Saturday ?afternoon by .Judge W. L. McDowell. Tb'B young couple are now making their home in our Village, and we arc pleased to have theitt with us. The Village folks wish to extend their very 1 >t: .j t wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Wnght. , Mrs. It. B. Pitts has been confined to her room with severe cold for four or five days. I've Got A New, Sure-Death For The Boll Weevil .. % v;. My name ls L. I). HiH. My f*thetfJwas Ift. X.' C. Hill, of Drone, Ga. The Hill family have been living in (itorgia for 71 years, and I have been raising cotton, corn and hogs, since I was old enough_to hold the plow handles. During the last 25 years, I have run my 14 plantations at Gough in Eurkc County, Georgia, near Augusta, and in raised f!CM bales of cotton on 812 acres planted in cotton. y/ * : By close observation, unceasing effort and practical experience, I, have per fected a boll weevil poison that is revolutionary, in that THE WEEVIL SEEKS it: Go Ahead And Plant Your Cotton And Leave The Boll- Weevils To Me and you'll be raising more cotton to carry to the gm tru?n yon ever dared hope to raise since the Mexican boll weevil iroved into the Southern States. You can kill off the weevils on a year's crop of cotton at a minimum cost par acre, and the only machinery you'll have to have will W an old tin can or bucket, aad a mop mad? of a stick and a rag Now Let's Get Right Down To Business! The real money crop of the South is cotton, and the way lo make money in the South in to raise cotton. Rut? how are you jfointf to raite cotton with the boll wft-vil, is what pvery farme r in tne South wanta to know. Many method* of controlling the weevil have been tried, with varying eucceee. Thousand* of f krrr,*rn hav* invested their money in machinery which did nut work, and their time unci cotton in method! which wltc experiments, and did not protect their cotton. Hut I have proved ? n n;y own Sill ?.r-e farm, and on the fnrm? of scyres of my nei^h^u:*." tn T.u-ke f.ounty, that you can beat tb? boll weevil hy a sure, v'n<-a;> method, and that in by the applicatio* <rf HILLS MIXTURE It'll ?ure < i m t n u ? ho! I weevils' It draws thrm iik?.' a lea*. in a nyrup barrel draw.* It kill? theni a.s dead as a ho^ that's made iato boiling haron \nd, :l don't k',.l ju*t a few of t'mm -it k:il> them all! Hill'* Mix turf is in liquid form, with m c.um arsenate as a l.a?< . and mola?*<?.s ?s u h m)? r, t<> hold it <>n the piant P..U th<- featurt th:?i nuikf-M it * - jc < ? r. o ?uorc.. ingredient which attract* the v\*???vil Oom thp ?: \>n ?<r;t!k \o the otic part of the plant that vnii have touched You car. i-u: Hill's Mixture ? ? r? in the daytime, without ma i-h.rRTV, with inexperienced !a!>or. Or.e colored. 'boy or jfirl can cover -tx nrrps a <Iqv A rain of under one-half inch has no effect on it., nrul it cost? from half to one-fifth 'if the duMinj? method. Hill's Mixture Has Never Had A Failure! ON I'. OF IHK \( KKV.K I KAlSKl>4'c OK I HK ( OITON IN HlKKKlOl NT V IN | H22 My neighbors first u-eil .1 in .small quantities, hut the news of )U success spread fa:*t that hun frrdH of farmer* u*cd it 'ast 7Mr, ami thousands <>t a< res in Burke County were protected from boll l<y Hill'* Mixture ?mhv jrfitr. F.very farmer who w?W . t !??t yea - i* npr '<? u*'* it affairs LET ME SHOW YOU THE PROOF ! If you wunt proof of Hill'* Mixture before you buy, my ajfent ?ill ?how you copio* of wonderful Writers of recommendation, from ?ome of the oldest anci ablest farmers in this section of the State The price of Hili'n Mixture is 72c per srallon, d*liver?d in (J?- ??d" S. C., in frO-ifallon barrels, plus small cost for container, which cosl will N? refunded to you when the barrel i * returned. Small freight _cb*rjT# oth^r n?t?. r? t). HIM.. J. L'. MOSELEY, Camden, S. C. \ CAmden nncl territory nnil the Southern and f . < * / K)K I HE ' Ea^trrri part* of Kershaw Countv I HILL'S MIXTURE CORPORATION AUGUSTA, GEORGIA . *